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SPELL(1)							      SPELL(1)

NAME
       spell, spellin, spellout - find spelling errors

SYNOPSIS
       spell [ -v ] [ -b ] [ -x ] [ -d hlist ] [ -s hstop ] [ -h spellhist ] [
       file ] ...

       spellin [ list ]

       spellout [ -d ] list

DESCRIPTION
       Spell collects words from the named documents, and looks them up	 in  a
       spelling	 list.	 Words	that neither occur among nor are derivable (by
       applying certain inflections, prefixes or suffixes) from words  in  the
       spelling	 list  are  printed  on	 the standard output.  If no files are
       named, words are collected from the standard input.

       Spell ignores most troff, tbl and eqn(1) constructions.

       Under the -v option, all words not literally in the spelling  list  are
       printed,	 and  plausible	 derivations  from  spelling  list  words  are
       indicated.

       Under the -b option, British spelling is checked.   Besides  preferring
       centre,	colour,	 speciality, travelled, etc., this option insists upon
       -ise in words like standardise, Fowler and  the	OED  to	 the  contrary
       notwithstanding.

       Under  the -x option, every plausible stem is printed with `=' for each
       word.

       The spelling list is based on many sources.  While it is more haphazard
       than  an	 ordinary  dictionary,	it  is also more effective with proper
       names  and  popular  technical  words.	Coverage  of  the  specialized
       vocabularies of biology, medicine and chemistry is light.

       The  auxiliary files used for the spelling list, stop list, and history
       file may be specified  by  arguments  following	the  -d,  -s,  and  -h
       options.	  The default files are indicated below.  Copies of all output
       may be accumulated in the history file.	 The  stop  list  filters  out
       misspellings (e.g. thier=thy-y+ier) that would otherwise pass.

       Two routines help maintain the hash lists used by spell.	 Both expect a
       set of words, one per line, from the standard input.  Spellin  combines
       the  words  from	 the  standard input and the preexisting list file and
       places a new  list  on  the  standard  output.	If  no	list  file  is
       specified,  the	new  list  is created from scratch.  Spellout looks up
       each word from the standard input and prints  on	 the  standard	output
       those  that are missing from (or present on, with option -d) the hashed
       list file.  For example, to verify that hookey is not  on  the  default
       spelling	 list,	add  it to your own private list, and then use it with
       spell,

	      echo  hookey  |  spellout	 /usr/dict/hlista
	      echo  hookey  |  spellin	/usr/dict/hlista  >  myhlist
	      spell  -d	 myhlist  huckfinn

FILES
       /usr/dict/hlist[ab] hashed spelling lists, American & British,  default
       for -d
       /usr/dict/hstop		hashed stop list, default for -s
       /dev/null      history file, default for -h
       /tmp/spell.$$∗	   temporary files
       /usr/lib/spell

SEE ALSO
       deroff(1), sort(1), tee(1), sed(1)

BUGS
       The spelling list's coverage is uneven; new installations will probably
       wish  to	 monitor  the  output  for  several  months  to	 gather	 local
       additions.
       British spelling was done by an American.

7th Edition			April 29, 1985			      SPELL(1)
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